Tuesday, October 29, 2024
'Woman of the Hour' Production Designers Remade 'The Dating Game' Set
variety.com: Approximately one-third of the Netflix true crime thriller “Woman of the Hour” takes place on set of “The Dating Game,” where real-life serial killer Rodney Alcala was a contestant in the 1970s. So, production designers for the Anna Kendrick-directed film had two missions: to accurately recreate the well-known set and to make that colorful, cheery space highlight the irony of a murderer’s participation on a romantic game show.
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Production designer Brent Thomas has a great quote in the article on his design process: “My thing was, research, research, research, and then throw it all away…You never just illustrate something. You dramatize it.” I love this outlook. As designers, we are taught that our work should always be rooted in research, especially when it comes to a period piece like Woman of the Hour (which takes place on the set of a 70s game show). But beyond a responsibility to accuracy and realism, there is also a narrative imperative—we’re not just recreating a moment in time, we’re using it to get a message across. In Woman of the Hour, that message is about the treatment of women by society. Thomas uses bright colors, fast-moving lights, and strategically placed walls to make the audience feel just as vulnerable as the film’s protagonist, Sheryl. It’s not just a recreation, it’s a completely new vision using the tools he got from his research.
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